Bug#632821: javahelper: adds unversioned base-files dependency

Rene Engelhard rene at debian.org
Wed Jul 6 08:00:41 UTC 2011


Package: javahelper
Version: 0.36.1
Severity: important

Hi,

I saw that jh_depends seems to add a unversioned base-files dependency
to e.g. libreoffice-base:

[...]
earching /home/rene/Debian/Pakete/LibreOffice/libreoffice-3.3.3/debian/libreoff
ice-base for libreoffice-base
Searching /home/rene/Debian/Pakete/LibreOffice/libreoffice-3.3.3/debian/libreoff
ice-base/usr/share/libreoffice/basis3.3/program/classes/sdbc_hsqldb.jar
Found Jars: .. /usr/share/java/hsqldb.jar
Checking:  /home/rene/Debian/Pakete/LibreOffice/libreoffice-3.3.3/debian/libreof
fice-base/tmp
Checking:  /home/rene/Debian/Pakete/LibreOffice/libreoffice-3.3.3/debian/libreof
fice-base/usr/share/java/hsqldb-1.8.0.10.jar
Found Debs: base-files libhsqldb-java
Adding substvars: java:Depends=base-files,  libhsqldb-java java:Recommends=
[...]

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-dependencies:

"3.5 Dependencies

Every package must specify the dependency information about other packages that are required for the first to work correctly.

For example, a dependency entry must be provided for any shared libraries required by a dynamically-linked executable binary in a package.

Packages are not required to declare any dependencies they have on other packages which are marked Essential (see below), and should not do so unless they depend on a particular version of that package.[10]
[...]
"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages javahelper depends on:
ii  bsdmainutils                  8.2.3      collection of more utilities from 
ii  dctrl-tools                   2.18       Command-line tools to process Debi
ii  debhelper                     8.9.0      helper programs for debian/rules
ii  devscripts                    2.11.0     scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.16.0.3   Debian package development tools
ii  libarchive-zip-perl           1.30-4     Perl module for manipulation of ZI

javahelper recommends no packages.

Versions of packages javahelper suggests:
pn  cvs                       <none>         (no description available)
ii  gawk                      1:3.1.7.dfsg-5 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr
pn  tofrodos                  <none>         (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Grüße/Regards,

Rene





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